Fort Bragg Major Murdered In Fayetteville Home

WRAL News (Raleigh, NC) ^ | July 23, 2002 | WRAL Staff

[Constitution Day]

A murder investigation is under way after an Army officer from Fort Bragg was found shot to death in his Fayetteville home.

Special Operations Major David Shannon, 40, was found dead in his home around 3 a.m. Tuesday. Police said he was found in a back bedroom and had been shot in the chest and head.

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[PatrioticAmerican]

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[Constitution Day]

BTTT

[wimpycat]

Hopefully it won't take long to figure out who the shooter is.

[Constitution Day]

I suppose that the wife is the prime suspect?
If not, though, this story sounds very odd.

[wimpycat]

Well, I didn't want to say anything right off, but the spouse is always the very first person you want to eliminate as a suspect. If it's her, I don't think it will be too hard to figure that out.

[Constitution Day]

Yes, I know.

My wife's favorite TV shows & books are "true crime", so I hear all about that secondhand.

[Fred Mertz]

What the heck is going on down there?

[Constitution Day]

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[palo verde]

I don't get it Fred
was it suicide
intruder doesn't ring right for me
I don't know what is going on there
maybe this summer emotions are heating up too much
Love, Palo

[Savage Beast]

Nowadays, the first thing that occurs to me is a Muslim terrorist infiltrator.

I know. I know. "Don't go overboard."

But we are at war, and Islamists do consider murder to be "serving Allah".

[TADSLOS]

What the heck is going on down there?

Heat, humidity and a full moon are factors in FayetteNam.

[Squantos]

Three soldiers are accused of killing their wives; Shannon is the first to become a victim. ......

Only way for 3 people to keep a secret is if two of em are dead........

Shannons "wife" being alive says he wasn't one of the three suspect soldiers IMHO. If he was involved with the investigation in any manner then one of the three "suspects" is still suspect. Or last but not least the wife or someone who just didn't want the guy breathing anymore took advantage of current events to muddy up the investigative waters per se........

Just my view from a 100 miles away on the Lazy Boy recliner of course :o) Yeah that's my alibi !

Stay Safe !

[Constitution Day]

That's the first thing I thought of too.

His posting at Special Operations Command raised a red flag for me.
Maybe it's nothing more than a murder... maybe not.

[SauronOfMordor]

What the heck is going on down there?

A few SF guys coming back from Afghan and discovering what their wives have been up to while they were gone?

[Wu]

Sounds like a double tap.......professional?

[madvlad]

My God!!!

And Cottonade used to be such a nice subdivision!

Mad Vlad

[FR_addict]

I don't think this one is going to be the wife, since their kids were home at the time and also a friend of one of the children was spending the night. Sounds like older children. Someone could have gotten up and seen her.
I think it's going to turn out to be an intruder.

[Howlin]

My wife's favorite TV shows & books are "true crime", so I hear all about that secondhand.

We need to get together; my husband swears I am trying to find the perfect way to do him in!

As to this story, did I hear on the news that all these guys have been to Afghanistan?